Hardie Runner-Up at 2012 Stirling Invitational

Dumfries, Scotland

SKIP
Grant
Hardie

Third
Jay
McWilliam

Second
Hammy
McMillan Jr.

Lead
Billy
Morton

Games:	8
Record:	6W - 2L
PF/G:	7.37
PA/G:	4.91
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.18
Force Efficiency:	0.75
Steal Efficiency:	0.21

Grant Hardie (Dumfries, SCO) lost 5-4 to Warwick Smith (Perth, SCO) in the Final of the Stirling Invitational, held November 30 - December 2, 2012 in Stirling, Scotland. To advance to the championship game, Hardie won 5-4 over Scotland's Frazer Hare in the semifinals of the 2012 Stirling Invitational in Stirling, Scotland; and won 6-5 over Tom Brewster (Aberdeen, SCO) in the quarterfinals.

Hardie finished 4-1 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Hardie lost 3-1 to Smith, then responded with a 7-3 win over Graeme Black (Perth, SCO). Hardie won 8-2 against Mathias Genner (Kitzbuehel, AUT), then won 4-3 against Scotland's Bruce Mouat and 7-3 against Kelly Marnoch (Carberry, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the Stirling Invitational, Hardie take home 3.920 world rankings points along with the $2,403CDN prize, moving up 12 spots the World Ranking Standings into 55th place overall with 28.176 total points. Hardie ranks 40th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 19.195 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

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